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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

John Swinton. the New York newspa-
per man and labor agitator. in a lecture
in Boston, said
The advantage of imagination in deal
ing with antique cities is this, that there
was no census taken in any of them.
We get more or less an idea or the popu-
lation of Rome from the votes given ON
several occasions, but the estimates are
uncertain in other respects. Well, this
massing of people in the cities is an en-
tlrely new phenomenon. From the fall
of the CAESARS to the last of the Bour-
hons there was not one city built in
the world that would now be called
iirst-class. That is IA very curious and
striking fact. But look ut the world to-
day. AT the beginning of our century
the census of London was less than n
million, though it had quintupled within
three generations, and since cur grand
fathers time it has quintupled, so that
the record of to-day in that city Is close
To 5000, 200. Berlin, fifty years ago. had
200. 200; now il is ON the verge of 1000,
600. The Paris of NJ. Grevy is five times
the magnitude of the Paris of the first
Napoleon. Vienna, at the opening of the.
century, had not fifth of its present
population. The Rome of to-day Is
growing as it never before grew since
the birth of Romulus. In the cities
Of our country the same phenomenon is
more potentous still. When Wendell
Phillips father was its mayor. Boston
had ~, 600 inhabitants, which Is less than
one-twentieth of the city's census under
Mayor OBrien. New York. which at
the beginning of the century was no
bigger than the outpost of Leavenworth,
now has a population which will soon
count 3.0O0,0oo for city and suburbs.
Philadelphia had 1000. and now has %
times 10000. Chicago has increased
To greater extent still. and this
might be said of a hundred other young
American cities. The tendency of pop
ulation is, toward massing in huge CEN
tiers, So that, while in the early days of
our century but thirtieth of the people
were urban, fully quarter are now
msassed IN our towns and cities. lhis
change is influential in energizing the
mind of our people, of unifying them Il
degree impossible in rustic regions.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
Good Advice to WOrkingmen
New York Herald.

You want to check monopoly and re-
claim this stolen land? 1t can be done
and you can help to do it. When Mr.
Cleveland went to the White House. al
your bidding, he was pledged to rip open
these plots for aggrandizement. He has
been opposed by Interested parties, by
powerful cattle syndicates, by railroad
corporations with millions at command
and shrewd lobbyists in the capital t.
influence legislation. But he is a
good fighter. Your party, the party of
the Democracy, must stand by them.
During the last two years an area of ter.
ritory more than twice the extent of Ire
land has been reclaimed. and the land
grabbers have been told, You cant
have it. Empty your pockets of stoler
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
Diverting the Sad-Eyed Mouners.

FROM the Haycreek TFeN.I Prarltftlrt.
A reporter for this paper witnessed a
fine burst of speed yesterday while re-
turning from the funeral of the wife of
our estimable fellow-townsman, Judge
Jaybird. Sandy Harrigan, the driver of
the hearse, attempted to throw a little
dust ON the Judge, when the afflicted and
grief-stricken widower pulled out in the
ditch with his fine bay horse, Three Spot.
and easily passed the outfit shouting and
a-Hying
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
War In the FIXTURE.

A New York genius has invented
vacuum car. with which he asserts
his ability to navigate the air at "A high
speed and drop explosives with precision
upon the decks of war vessels or in forti-
fled places. Details of the invention are
lacking in the letter the inventor has
sent to the Navy Department, but the
matter is deemed of sufficient importance
to warrant inquiry, and an ordnance Off
Ger has been instructed to communicate
i'm person with the inventor.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
Let Us Do Likewise.
Port Huron Times.

The organization of a Citizens Asso-
citation to boom" Port Huron Is step
in the right direction. and should be Wig
orously pushed. The natural advan-
tages of this city and its surroundings
have not yet been properly and persis-
tentIy laid before the rest of the world,
and when this is done, if the real estate
owners are wise, we may have genuine
shpnp,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
"NNE"InNG

CONNECTIONS.
At Palatka with Jacksonville, TAMPA Key
West Railway, and st. Augustine and Palatka
Railway. and fast river steamers for st. Au-
xustine, Green Cove Springs, Jacksonville
and all points North. East and West.
Mail trains make close connection both way b
wa J. T. n X. W. R'y., at Jacksonville with AT
Iant.c Coast Line, Fast Mail,
At Gainesville with through Pullman sleep
ers over Savannah. Florida Western R'y for
New Orleans, Pensacola, Savannah. Albany,
montgomery. Louisville. st. Louis and all
points West.
At ocaia with orida Railway and Naviya
tton Co, and 5. :. .. g. X. X.
At Aston with st. Johns river steamers fer
Jacksonville. Sanford and way landings.
AT Leesburg with the st. Johns and Lake
Eustis division of the Florida Southern Rail-
way. and boats on Lakes Harris. Eustis and
Griffin tor all points on lakes.
At Tampa with steamships Mascotte and
Whitney every Tuesday Thursday ana sstur-
day for Key West and Havana.
At Lskeiand with South Florids Railroad
for Tampa. Kissimmee, Orlando and Sanford,
AT Trabue with steamer Alice Howard
i for Punta Rassa and Fort Myers
8. CONAS1, %. W CROMWELL
General Manager. Gent Pass Agent.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
But Now He Don't Catch Fish.


Gainesville is still occupying the high
moral position to which she attained
some months ago, and it is our earnest
wish she may always retain the ground
she has won. The time was when mar
took quart of whisky when he went :
fishing. Now the same will take copy
of the revised testament when he goes to
angle for the finny tribe.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
Birds Nests and Snow banks.


OF all the miserable house hunters the
robins We're the most SO yesterday. The
idea of building nests in snow bank,
and then having to add a snow plough IL
their HOUSEHOLD expenses, was pretty
hard ON Mr.. Robin.
Spring hyphenuted itself with the boss
snow storm of the year.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

Three trains DeLween Jacksonville and San
ford. No change of cars between Jackson
vile and TAMPA.
The i2.80p p. m. Cuban fast mail tram awaits
the arrival of the fast mail from the North,
and stops only at the principal stations and
at Lemon street, Palatka, making connection
at Tampa with stcan ers Tor Key West and
Havana on Tuesday. Thursday NJ Saturday
evenings. Pullman buffet Sleeping ears are
attached To this train fl ON New York through
to Tam Ia, and the p. IN. train from Tampa
through 10 Washington. other trains have
Chair Parlor Cars
Direct connection is made at Palatka with
the Florida Southern Railway 20 and from
gainesville. OcaIa, Leesburg. and other points
reached by that road. Also with Ocklayaha
river steamers, and with the st. Johns aud
Halifax Hallway for Ormond, DAY tOna, etc.
At Huntington with stages for Crescent CITY;
at Orange City junction with II. :. q. &. a.
H. ny. for Lake Helen. at Monroe with Orange
iteit Hallway for IonRwood and Onklnhd; at
sanford for all points reached by South Flor
ida railroad.
Tram leaving Jacksonville $40 a. IN. and
arriving $40 y. m. connect AT Iitusyi lc with
steamer "Rockledge" to aud from Cocoa,
Rockledge. Melbourne and intermediate land
Ings on Indian River. daily, except sunday.
CITY Ticket ONCE. NV. cor. bay and Hogan sts
NJ. 1t. MORAN.
Gen'l. supt. and q. i. A.
l.. C. DEFINING. A. q. u. A.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
Wholesale Consumption.

y. Y. sun
Wife Ito late Observation-Disclosures have
YOU been, John:
Husband conscious that prevarication
would be futileET tell truth IN dear.
thic) stop'd in s'loon [ get CLASH beer.
wife-tohn. YOU never accomplished
that load in "A salaon. You've been t. n
brewery
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

CAPTAIN Du kn Tells where the Charles
ton shocks Came from-Tweise Miles
Underground.
Y. Y. Herald.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-At the meet
ing of the National Academy of Sciences
to-day Captain C. f. button, who is in
charge of the division of volcanic
geology in the geological survey, gave
an interesting abstract of the results of
the investigation of the Charleston earth
quake. Captain Dutton said:
1T is the best observed earthquake on
record, as reports have been received
from over sixteen hundred localities and
from over twenty-five hundred different
reporters. The outer limits at which
the shock was felt were Boston, st.
John5bury, VT; Burlington. VT; the
Northern Adirondacks, Toronto, Green
Bay, Wis; Prairie du Chen, Dies MONIES,
Springfield, Mo-; New Orleans, Sagua la
Grande, in Cuba. and Bermuda. The
greatest distances reached We're about a
thousand miles, and the area shaken
from two and one-half to three million
square miles. Everywhere within two
hundred and fifty miles of Charleston
the shocks We're severe enough to shake
down chimneys and crack walls, destroy
plastering, overturn light objects and
generally create profound feeling of
alarm, especially among the negroes
and more ignorant classes. Within one
hundred miles few buildings escaped
some injury.
THE central portion of the shock,
comprising an area about eighteen miles
wide and thirty miles long, has been
studied with special care. There Were
three foci or centers, from each of which
distinct shock originated. The most
powerful one situated about sixteen
and half miles northwest of Charleston.
and the other two at intervals of six
miles along a line extending southwark
from the first"
DEPTH OF THE EARTHQUAKES.
Captain DuttOn has devised new
method of computing the depth of the
focus, which gives Il depth of twelve
miles. with a probable error not exceed
ing one mile. The depth of the Charles
ton focus proves it to have been one of
the deepest among the earthquakes of
the last 100 years, estimates much greater
than twelve miles being regarded as
probably erroneous. The most surprising
result reached is the great speed with
which the impulses travelled, the velocity
exceeding three miles per second. Former
estimates, based upon insufficient and
inaccurate time reports, have given re-
suits varying from one-third to one
eighth of that velocity. In this earth
quake the time records, though not
quite so accurate as could be wished are
very much superior to those obtained III
any preceding ones.
With regard to- the question whether
the Charleston earthquake throws any
new light upon the causes of such events
the Captains views are non-committal
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

From the Journal of Education
She sat before me in the pew,
Half listening TO the sermon proSy-
Half shading from my eager view
A rounded cheek fresh, plump ana rosy
And sat idly near her there,
Half wosid ring at and haif admiftng
The soft confusion of her hair
BUT never to her hand aspiring.
For well T knew all hopes were vain
Her father is too rich and thrifty
And am poor, and then agaln-
Sh,. il but five. while i am flfty-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

Considerable interest Is being mani
Tested in the iron deposits in the western
part of the county. The ore is there in
abundance. and of a very superior quail
ity. Ii is said by analysts to be the finest
ore known for making Bessemer steel.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
A gentleman in Washingte

A gentleman in Washington recently
wrote 10 John Bright, the English states
man. about a matter of business In
closing his reply (which has just been re-
ceived), Mr.. Bright says: Il hope your
future President may be as wise, as firm
and as patriotic as your present chief
magistrate.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

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Those Who are ambitious and enferprislng
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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
A Sigh from the Other Side.


Antagonisms and feelings will grow
out of the present Senatorial contest that
will extend to and affect the great cleo
ton next year in this State. a healthy
division of the whites has been a long
felt Nlnf
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
">till Improving"

jacksonville Price Current.
THE Pal ATKA DAILY NEWS il improv
ing every issue. Editor Harrison knows
how 10 get up a good paper.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

The Charlotte Harbor division of the
Florida Southern Railway now runs "A
SUNDAY excursion train from Barlow tn
Charlotte Harbor.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
To Cover His Nakedness.

Batesviile tArk9 Gourd.
Major Perkins has the thanks Of the
editor for a pair of breeches that have not
been worn to hurt
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
RAILROADS.
Savannah, Florida & Western
RAILWAY.
WAYCR0SS SHORT LINE.

All trains of this road are run by. Contra.
Standard time.
TIME CARD IN FFFECT pRoEMBErb
Passe niger trains will have aud arrive daily
as follows.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
LEGAL.
Notice OF Incorporation.

rINHE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY GIVE NO.
l. TIE, iii pursuance of the statutes of the
State of Florida, i'm such case made ami pro-
vidcd, of the formation OF corporation un-
t1er the provisions of Chapter 1897, Laws 81
Florida, To construct, maintain and operate a
railroad. commencing at tine city OF Pdlatka,
ia the county of Putnam. state of Florida,
running in westerly or northwe>reriy direC-
tion through the counties OF Putnam, Clay.
Alachua. Lafayette, Taylor, jefferson, Leon
and tiad-sieH, with branches into the counties
of Bradford, Sawanee. Columbia, Madison
Levy and WaktIlia: said company to be known
the Palatka and Northwestern Railway
Company
II. l.. HART Palatka.
II. n. MURRAY, Chicago
j. &. NERTREES. Pulatka.
W. j. WEBB, Paatka.
:. J. KENNERLY, Palatka.
SIMMER G. CHANDLER, Palatka.
WILLIAM j. VINEGAR. P;,iit ki;.
:. L. HAMMOND, Palatka.
MARCUS LOEB, Palatka-
II. q. PAYNE, Palatka.
EDWARD LEWIS, Tallahassee.
PALATKA, March l., 1851. mh-b-3m
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
SAVANNAH EXPRESS.

'u'lmsn Buffet Carand Mann Iloudutr Buffet
Cars via Way Albany and Macon, and v,a
Waycross. Jesup aud Macon, between Jack
sOnyilie and Cincinnati; also through Passen-
ger Coac hes between JHcksonv lille and Chatta.
nOoEa.
Pullman RuTet Cars IA and from Jackson
vile and Nashville via ThomasVlle and Mont
RnH cry.
Pullman Buffet Cars between Jacksonville,
aud Washington.
WM.P u. HAHDEh,
enGFai Passenger Agent.
X. .. FLEMih.3. superintendent.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

Steamer a. !. Lane makes daily round trips
Lakes harris End "a sits. Steamer Dis
patch makes daily round trips on Lake Grit
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

Thoroughly cleanse the blood which is the
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from the common pimple, blOtch. or eruption,
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pecially has il proven its efficacy in curing
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Severe Coughs, Asthma, and kindred afee-
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Bilious and Cathartic.
25c. vial, 10y druggists.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

Notice.
NO ONE HAS ANY AUTHORITY TO
~ contract any debts against the steamer
GEORGIA except X. J. Adams. Agent.
BEACH x MILLER,
Palatka. Fla. Nov, ), iSSj. OWNERS
uov6 4tdxwtf:s3
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
STEAMBOATS,.
DeBAKY-BA
Merchants and Peoples Lines.
STEAMB BOATS.

4 WOULD RESPECTFULLY CALL YOUR
L attention to the proposed change of sched-
ule of steamers, To iake effect Ihursdaj Jan
uary %, Iss9:
DAILY.
2 ~ pm Lv JacksnnviIie, Ar - am
d II pm Ar Il col.
: 0J pm Ar st. Augustine, via II. J. ky.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24
EARTHQUAKE SCIENCE.

Captain Du1kn Tells where the Charles
ton shocks Came from-Tweise Miles
Underground.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

DAYLIGHT LINE.
The Daylight steamers Sylvan Glen and
Anita of the DE Ba y Baya Merchants Line,
will commence running between PaIatsa-
sanford and Enterprise. Monday, January "a.
IsS., as follows:
nAnLY FYcRIST SUNDAY
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

EAsrFLoRIDA EXPRESS.

Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars. 10 aud from
jacksonville And New YORK, also Jacksonville
To Cincinnati Via Jesup.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

/ NORTH BOUND-FAST MAIL.
/ Leave Leesburg loan
/ South Lake Weir. 4sam
| % Ocala. sO0am
a. Roche lie y sUam
! Hawthorn assam
/ InteTlachen. q. ~ .Sam
/ Arrive J. r., 4 X. ", K'y junction. ii lOam
! - PaIaIka ii 2)an
jacksonville 3Opm
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-24

Connects at Tocoi with Fast Mail steamers
from jacksonville and To all points IN south
Florida.
nAIIy FyCFp,r SfrNpAys
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-09-03

The best dowry wife can bring to her
husband, says the Youths Companion, is
q true and faithful heart, and sincere
desire to be to him all that is expressed
in that d-fashioned word, 'help-meet. {"
The question of other dowry, such as
chattels or land or money, should always
be secondary, and is when marriage con-
tracts are made in the right spirit. A
very old lady, known to the writer,
amuSes her friends by giving the follow
ing inventory of the things contained in
the dowry she brought to her husband ::
'Gn the first place." she says, II
thought the world and all of Reuben,
and so did he of me; and neither of US
ever changed our minds.
"Then for other dowry / had from my
home, one young COW, one colt, four
head of shotes, six hens, and a dominick
rooster, one cat, one feather bed, six
good sheets, one new brass kettle, one
warming pan, fourteen quilts and six COW
erlets, six pewter spoons, six plates, four
cups and sassers, two knives and two
forks, bushel of seed corn, two chairs,
ten pounds of wool and ten of fax, =
glass molasses pitcher, and pewter
sugar bowl.
Il tell you folks thought Reuben had
done mighty well to get me in those
days, and think so, too. So did he;
and he never thought different. That's
the best part of it."
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-09-03
Insurins Maidens.

In Denmark there is a society known
as the Maiden Assurance Society; its aim
is to provide for ladies of well-to-do
families. 1t shelters and cares for them,
and furnishes them with 'pin money"
Its methods are thus described: ThS
nobleman for the association is peculi-
arly for this class--as soon as q female
child is born, enrolls her name in a GER
tain association of noble families and
pays certain sum, and thereafter fixed
annual amount to the society. When she
reaches the age of twenty-one, she be-
comes entitled to fixed income, and to
a suite of apartments in large building
of the association, with gardens and park
about it, inhabited by other younger or
older noble ladies who have, in like man
ner, become members. If her father
should die in her youth, and she should
desire it, she has shelter in this building,
and at time fixed her income. When
SIG uleS VI uidIIiCo al bnio AlSAO " III
come lapses, and the money paid in
swells the endowment of the association.
Her father may pay for twenty years and
then her marriage cuts off all advantage
of the insurance. But this very chance
must enable the company to charge lower
annual premiums and make the burden
less on the father iusuring. He has, at
any rate, the pleasant feeling that his
small annual payments are insuring his
daughters future, and giving her COM
Portable home and income after he is gone.
1t is obvious that the chances for marriage
among a given number of women can be
calculated as closely as those of death.
The plan has worked well for generations
in Copenhagen. -Aanchester (Engldnd)
Policy Holder.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-09-03
Bill NYe.

The New York Graphic has the follow
ing sketch of Bill Nye, the humorist.
now Of the World:
Bill Nye's exact age and birthplace are
topics which afford considerable scope
for speculation. He is certainly, how
ever. under two score in point Of years,
and if he was not born in Wisconsin he
has lived long enough at Hudson, in that
State, to call it home. Somewhere in
the neighborhood of eight or nine years
ago Nye was a country pedagogue in one
of the Northwestern counties of Colorado.
Spelling-bees were all the rage at that
period in his vicinity and he wrote an
account of one given in his schoolhouse
and sent it to the Denver Tribune. o. II.
Rothaker, who is now publishing a
splendid newspaper in Omaha, was the
managing editor of the Tribune who re-
ceived Nye's first humorous Offering
He recognized it as piece of good work,
printed it, and secured the ambitious
schoolmaster as an occasional correspond
ent by placing him on the list Of dead
head subscribers. Nye wrote in this
manner for, several months, and then
concluding that funny journalism was
his forte he removed to Laramie,
Wyoming, and started the Boomerang.
He made money by the venture, and
eventually became the postmaster Of that
flourishing little city. Failing health
rendered his return to Wisconsin neces-
sary. His recent temptations and tribu'
lations are too commonplace for com
ment,